Central to NGAD is the deployment of at least 1,000 unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), designed to operate as "drone wingmen" alongside piloted jets. -These drones will enhance ...

Some units of the US Army are preparing lists of armament programs they have long wanted to cancel in anticipation of ...

That could serve as a bad omen for the NGAD. In fact, Air Force officials had suggested that we could see fewer manned fighters, which would be supported by unmanned aircraft—notably those ...

now the emphasis could shift toward a more integrated approach that considers the roles of unmanned drones like CCAs, bombers like the B-21 and a distributed network of capabilities. The NGAD ...

U.S. Air Force officials paused a planned contract award for the Next-Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) to rethink the aircraft’s requirements. NGAD is an advanced fighter jet intended to replace ...

The Debrief: Hypersonic Bomber Emerges As Office’s Next Goal After NGAD is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is ...

The Air Force has expanded funding for a cutting-edge adaptive engine that would power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, while the future of NGAD itself remains under consideration.

NGAD is more than a single aircraft, and is meant to be a “system of systems” that could include a manned sixth-generation fighter that is supported by unmanned aerial systems (UAS) ...

Years before uncrewed systems populate tactical aviation fleets in large numbers, the U.S. Air Force must decide the right balance with a possible new generation of human-piloted fighters. Credit ...

While the Air Force’s manned Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter has an uncertain future, the service is moving forward with upgrading sensors on the F-22. Last August, the Air Force ...